Title: Apple-Kuchen
Categories: Cookies
Yield: 18 Bars
-MARY WILSON BWVB02B
1-1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1 Stick (1/2 cup) butter or
-margarine, at room temp.
1 c Confectioner's sugar
1 lg Eggs
1 ts Lemon peel; freshly grated
1 cn (20 oz) apple slices;
-drained
1/2 c Golden raisins
1 ts Ground cinnamon
For garnish:
Confectioner's sugar
Heat oven to 350 F. Grease an 11x7-inch baking pan. Mix flour and baking
powder. In a large bowl, beat butter and confectioners' sugar with
electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and lemon peel. With
mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture. Remove 2/3 cup dough. With
floured fingers, pat remaining dough over bottom of prepared pan. Spread
apple slices mixed with golden raisins and ground cinnamon. Spread over
dough, using a rubber spatula to break up apples if needed to cover dough.
Roll remaining dough into long ropes and lay diagonally across filling to
create a lattice effect. Bake 30 minutes or until top is golden brown.
Cool in pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar before cutting.
Per bar: 148 cal, 2 g pro, 23 g car, 6 g fat, 26 mg chol with butter,
15 mg chol with margarine, 71 mg sod.
